Scott reviewed The power of one by Bryce Courtenay
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2 stars
Read this book in high school. Thought it was corny.
518 pages
English language
Published Sept. 23, 1996 by Ballantine Books.
The power of one
4 stars
(9 reviews)
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Children -- South Africa -- Fiction